Author's Note: First off, I'd like to state that as much as I would like to, I do not own Mcfly. Each of them belongs to their own mother. Except for Tom, whose body and soul are clearly owned by Giovanna.
The fire dies on its own, leaving us to ourselves but not exactly alone.
The warmth of the summer day began to decrease as the sun began to fall from the sky, day turning into evening. There was a buzz of excitement at Danny Jones' house, where seven of eight anticipated teenagers were gathered, chatting giddily amongst themselves about their planned camp for the next several nights. Together, there was Danny himself, his girlfriend Caryn, one of his best friends Harry Judd and Harry's cousin Sheena, Dougie Poynter another best mate of his, Dougie's girlfriend Leanne and Tom Fletcher's best friend Shevi. Leaving Tom, Danny's best mate, to be the last person to arrive. The room was filled with a cheery atmosphere as everyone gathered together their belongings hurriedly, ready and waiting to leave for Hellview forest.
"It's quite an eerie name for a forest, don't you think?" Sheena asked quietly, feeling slightly cautious of venturing into the darkened forest. "Yeah, but you'll be fine. You have me to protect you," Harry grinned, slinging an around her shoulders protectively and pulling her into him. Sheena smiled to herself, Harry was always there for her and she loved him so much for that.
"Well, I'm gonna go put this in the boot, guys, be right back," Dougie announced, standing up and picking up his suitcase. "Chuck this in, too, please," Caryn asked as she threw her backpack in his direction, with a cheeky smile on her face. "Yeah, sure, your majesty," Dougie joked earning a laugh off Caryn, catching the bag and heading outside. Everyone resumed their chatter as Dougie left through the front door.
As he dragged his suitcase down the paved path from Danny's house he heard a cluttering sound, and turning to his left, he found Tom hurriedly running in his direction, hauling a large suitcase behind him. Dougie carried on down to the car where he met a panting Tom. "Where have you been? We're just about to leave." Dougie said as he dropped his Blink-182-stickered suitcase into the back of Danny's BMW.
"I was thinking … maybe we shouldn't go," Tom puffed, grabbing his chest from exasperation after his arduous running. "What, why? Awww, is ickle Tom scared?" Dougie laughed, prodding Tom's side playfully, with a cheeky smile on his face. "No! I just … nothing, nevermind. I just couldn't find my house keys," Tom lied, lifting his suitcase from the ground. "Fair enough, chuck it in." Dougie gestured to the open boot, which Tom then proceeded the help fill. Dougie dropped Caryn's backpack into it then shut it tightly and locked the car up," We're taking two cars for safety, Danny's and Harry's," Dougie stated, pointing between the BMW and a black mini.
"Harry has good taste in cars," Tom grinned childishly. "Is Shevi here?"
"Mmhmm," Dougie murmured watching as Tom sprinted into the house excitedly. A moment later, there was a bustle of eight teenagers piling out of Danny's house, grinning widely. Danny paused to lock the front door behind himself. He jogged down the path and into his car where Caryn sat in the passenger seat and Dougie and Leanne were in the back. He threw a smile Caryn's way before revving up the engine and pulling away from the kirb, with Harry in close pursuit.
It was a relatively short journey to the forest, passing by many streets of identical houses. What more could you expect from London? Ahead of themselves, everyone could see the edge of the forest, a mound of dark conifer trees covering at least ten acres of land, reaching up at least ten feet into the sky. The sun was setting behind them, casting an orangey glow over the outline of the trees. Danny continued on into the forest, along a dirt path eroded into the ground after many hikers making their way into the forest. He pulled over and killed the engine taking his keys with him and locking the car once everyone had fallen out.
The four from Harry's car were already unloading their luggage from his boot and curiously looking around themselves. Dougie and Leanne were cuddled together having a heated discussion by the looks of it as they peered through the gaps between the trees nosily. Harry and Sheena had gotten themselves into a bit of an argument which appeared to be about Harry having forgotten his toothbrush and requesting to use his cousin's, which Sheena wasn't very happy about. Tom and Shevi had wandered off a bit into the forest together but hadn't gone too far, looking for a nice camping spot. Caryn was busy attempting to pull her luggage out of his car which had gotten stuck after being squashed by other people's suitcases. Danny chuckled to himself before heading over to help her.
"GUYS, WE'VE FOUND A GOOD SPOT!" Shevi called from around eight metres away from the cars. Everybody gathered up the luggage and headed towards the pair who stood on a relatively flat open land, in a circular shape, "It's nice, isn't it?" Shevi grinned to herself at their success.
"It's just lovely." Leanne muttered sarcastically.
After suitcases were flung open, everyone proceeded to drag out the tents and attempt to set them up. It took about an hour and a half and a millions laughs from the girls later until the tents were up and stable. During that period, the girls had gone off in search of firewood so they could keep themselves warm and eat. They had set the wood down just outside the tents and Danny lit the logs with his lighter. A full moon hung in the sky, glowing with wispy clouds lingering around it and the smoke from the fire drifted up, attatching itself to the silvery clouds. Sitting around the flaming camp fire in a huddled circle, the eight roasted marshmallows over the dancing flames whilst telling chilling ghost stories.
"Did you know," Harry began in a hushed tone,"that this forest was named 'Hellview' after the abandoned prison just up on the hill? Convicts escaped from that prison and took refuge in this forest, hiding from the public eye. Apprently the escaped convicts' souls live in this forest and they take the lives of those who venture here." Everyone looked at Harry with blank expressions and raised eyebrows. "Thanks for that, it really made us feel comfortable," Sheena snorted sttuffing her marshmallow into her mouth.
"Anyone got a ghost story that doesn't include this forest?" Shevi asked hopefully. "Nah, I'm all ghost-storied-out," Danny joked, thrusting his stick with his marshmallow on the end, into the fire. Like a snap of the fingers, the fire was put out, leaving Danny with his arm out stretched into mid-air and a confused expression glazing his face. A shaken atmosphere formed as eight pairs of eyes dotted around the place, curious and suspicious of what just happened. No wind had swept past, so that possibility could be crossed out. It wasn't raining either, so that was no option.
"Well, that was weird." Tom mumbled, prodding at the pieces of charcoal in front of him which were now only producing thick black smoke. "Who blew the fire out?" Leanne asked accusingly, looking towards Danny. "Why would he blew it out when he was just about to roast his marshmallow?" Caryn snapped. "Calm down, Caryn," Dougie hissed, "Maybe it's for the best; it's quite late now, I think we should get some rest." Everyone agreed with Dougie and after all of the goodnights were shared, they separated into the two tents; one for girls and one for boys.
Alright, I did it. If anyone actually reads this, tell me what you think about it! I'll update the next chapter somewhere around next week if people want to keep reading. Thanks.